The Star
Wars: The Old Republic Forums continue to hash out issues related to threads
and posts that have been deleted relating to terms that will be censored in the
upcoming Star Wars MMORPG. At one point there were indications that terms
related to gay and lesbian lifestyles were to be forbidden, though this policy
has already been changed based on the ensuing outcry. Thanks
Kotaku.
There is an editorial on this topic on
GameBizBlog discussing this dust-up and issues related to word filters in
general.

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it's called being overly sensitive and politically correct, and it does no one any good

that's kind of how i view word censorship in the first place. i would rather just be called a fuckhead than have to read global chatlogs filled with "u @$$h0l3. f|_|kc u"

also, i have to assume gay people take issue with the words being censored in the first place because it futher marginalizes them, placing the lables for their lifestyle in the same "FORBIDDEN TERMS" catagory as "shit fuck balls" which doesn't make any sense. gay people exist. it really is ridiculous that someone thought censoring those words out was at all appropriate.